Gear Spotlight: Black Armor Helmets

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Next up: Black Armor Helmets

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Upon first glance, the most striking feature of Black Armor's carbon fiber helmet line is how inexpensive they are. While it would be easy to assume that affordability simply equates to a cheaply made product, these helmets are anything but. The trick here is that Black Armor uses a carbon fiber manufacturing process that has had FIA certification in helmets sold in Europe for some time, but until recently, lacked Snell's seal of approval. With that hurdle finally dispatched this year, Black Armor racing helmets can now offer a line of inexpensive full carbon fiber helmets that sport both Snell and FIA certifications and utilize what is ostensibly a wholly unique carbon fiber manufacturing process.

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